January 2021

The film Moonlight tells the story of Chiron who is an African American living in a rough neighbourhood of Miami. As a child Chiron, nicknamed ‘Little’ is bullied and treated like an outcast by his age-mates at school. He has

Having reliable statistical information is crucial for policy analysis and decision-making of government and international organisations. Yet, the sources of these statistical data are rarely questioned. In Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Statistics and What to Do

Harvey Milk once said “we will not win our rights by staying quietly in the closets” (Dreier, 2012). As one of the first openly gay politicians in the United States of America, Milk certainly did not stay quietly in the

Introduction "Climate Change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now" - Barack Obama.(1) In recent times, the importance of the phrase 'Climate Change' has grown significantly. It represents the long term, large scale changes in

Capital Punishment is the highest form of penalty in the United States. The amendment that protects United States citizens from cruel and unusual punishment is the 8th Amendment, which makes the punishment suit the crime. The death penalty has grown

History of MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a code that was developed in the 1980's and it allows an electronic instrument to be able to communicate with digital musical tools on your DAW (Ghassaei, 2012). MIDI was first developed to

For my museum visit and paper, I visited the Tenement Museum in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The Tenement Museum was founded in 1988 by Anita Jacobson and Ruth J. Abram. The museum’s property, 97

English 1304.08 Dr. Ross April 26, 2018 Social Media and Its Impact on Democracy Over the past 15 years, the use of social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has increased dramatically. The continual growth in the use of these platforms has

Leading up to the Financial Crisis Leading up to the financial crisis The turmoil that occurred in the financial market during 2007-2008 has prompted the most extreme crisis since the Great Depression and it had many huge repercussions on the economy. It was

The Jazz Singer (dir. Alan Crosland) released in 1927, was a movie that focuses on a young man who wishes to one day achieve his dreams and become a successful jazz singer. The movie, directed by Alan Crosland, showed new